Miss Lida Clay Weds Tate S Price in Beckley Church
Miss Lida Clay eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Clay Beckley married Tate S Price of Tams in a Wednesday ceremony at a Christian church with Rev J A Mawhinney and Rev Gerald Culberson officiating. Edith Bailey played organ. Guests, breakfast, and plans to home in Virginia cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Lida Clay
J. P. Clay
Beckley
Tate S. Price
Tams
J. A. MaWhinney
Gerald Culberson
Edith Bailey
Virginia
Gulf Smokeless Coal Company
Kings Daughters Meet in Thanksgiving Themed Program
Mrs T E Combs hosted the Kings Daughters gathering with assistance from Thelma Combs and Bess Anderson. A devotional program on Thanksgiving was followed by a business meeting paying bills and recognizing Laura Pierson and Prof A J Peters for arranging school offerings. Four new members joined and a committee to aid a distressed family near Skelton was appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. E. Combs
Thelma Combs
Bess Anderson
Kings’ Daugters
Laura Pierson
A. J. Peters
Robert Willis
Skelton
Johnson's New Café Draws Noted Local Trade
Johnson's New Cafe reports steady business with praise for breakfast cakes corn bread for dinner and biscuits for supper reflecting growing popular demand in the neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Regular Meals at Best in Town Offer
A local ads touts Regular Meals 50 Best in town with prices for eggs any style 20c, oysters and stew 30c, sandwiches 10c, coffee 5c, bread and butter included. Meal tickets priced at 4.00 for 4.50. Provides a snapshot of inexpensive dining options and promotions.
ORGAN RECITAL PLEASES
A pipe organ recital at the Christian church on Thursday evening drew a large crowd and received warm praise. Miss Josephine Barnes of New Kensington led the organ, surpassing expectations, with Miss Matilda Hoskins filling in for Miss Lara Clay due to a throat ailment. The Wanda Bailey and Mrs. Carlton Cook duet, plus a Circle Girls comic song and encore, earned applause. the program was well chosen and the Circle Girls were commended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
Josephine Barnes
New Kensington
Matilda Hoskins
Lara Clay
Wanda Bailey
Carlton Cook
Local Licenses Reported for Wed Couples
Licensed to Wed Cecil Ballard and Stella Hager. Also licensed to wed Arturo Midina and Sadie Shamblin. Claude Bare and Letha Clay. James Gunn and Virginia Froothy. All couples from listed towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Ballard
Hinton
Stella Hager
Eccles
Arturo Midina
Daniels
Sadie Shamblin
Royal
Claude M. Bare
Princeton
Letha Clay
James Gunn
Virginia Froothy
Fireco Colored
Beckley Social News and Holiday Shopping Notes
Mrs John A Walker and Mrs James G Thomas visited Beckley from East Gulf and Helen. Mrs Rosa Thompson of Eccles denied Titanic ties but ran a boarding house named Sub marine. Deem's advertises men s shirts suits and Christmas goods with many price points and arrivals. Col J A Ewart heads to Clermont Fla. several locals travel for visits and funerals. Mrs M L Painter critically ill in Richmond. multiple relatives and visitors noted across Beckley and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Walker
East Gulf
James G. Thomas
Helen
Beckley
Rosa Thompson
Eccles
Wekr
Deem’s
D. B. Jarrell
Davey
Co. H. Bailey
Alleghany County
J. J. West
Robt. West
Ada Farley
Pipestein
W. H. Belcher
Hinton
Clarice Dwiggins
J. A. Riffe
Deem
Deem’s. Otto Ziebell, of Virginia, Who Has Been Visiting In Beckley
Homewood
Ill
Stella Cook
J. S. Daugherty
M. L. Painter
Richmond
L. S. Tully
al Pack
Mt. Hope
E. Z
Margaret Dilfer
Macdonald
Josephine Barnes
New Kensington
S. A . Carper
Grandview
C. L. Callaway
A. F. Morris
Kodak
Whitt
Lilly Music Store
J. W. Lowry
Maggie
Cabin Creek
Lucy Cameron
Virginia
J. A. Robertson
S. Meadows
Susan Hurt
Pansy Hawley
Claremont
Fla
Wasps in Nest Die In Winter After Colony Collapse
Most workers perish when winter comes as the entire nest dies out. A few fertilized females survive by hibernating in a hole or beneath a stone to start a new colony when spring returns.
Red Cross Relief in Roumania 1917 Contingent Aids War-Hammered Nation
After the US entry in World War I the American Red Cross sent its first Roumanian relief contingent in 1917. Two hospitals were taken over, a canteen for refugees opened, and food and clothing distributed over a broad area. Transport, especially mountains, posed major challenges as workers used an oxcart to haul relief up into the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Roumania
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Romania
Advertised Letters at Beckley to be Sent to Dead Letter Office
Unclaimed letters at Beckley post office will be sent to Washington if not claimed by December 2 1919. Names listed include several men and two women. Callers must mention advertised and date November 25 1919. Also notes that 175 million shells were fired on the Western front and a balloon occupants feel no wind despite a gale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Washington, D. C
J. G. Aaron
A. M. Ayers
J. B. Harlow
Lée Lane
James Myers
James Ricks
Jadis Scott
Harry Stover
Shirley Welch
Ron Wilson
James Wilson
Thelma Milton
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T. S., Price
J. E. McCreery
W. Maxwell
Arnold
M. E., Church
Huntington
J. W. Maxwell
Col
Rudolph Bumgardner
Staunton, Va
J. L. Bumgardner
Bessie Fields
Charleston
Frank Johnson
O. L. Bardill
Beckley Jeweler
Florida
Harry G. Sterne
Lacy Trump
Sterne
Trump
Margaret Flanagan
Pennsylvania
Patrick McQuale
New Philadelphia
W. D. Holiday
Hughart
Sprague
NYWAY
Edwin Clapp
Ree Rogers
M. J. Meadows
Western Front
Huyler
Huyler’s Chocolates
Court House
Childrens
Beckley Department Store
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